Your iPhone will get these new features soon (iPhone News #6)
Your iPhone as an ATM, a big announcement on March 8 and smart glasses from Apple. Here’s the most important iPhone news from last week.
Read on after the ad.
Contents
- 1 Your iPhone will get these new features soon
- 2 Apple to unveil new iPhone SE and iPad Air at event on March 8
- 3 Review update: you shouldn’t want the iPhone X in 2022
- 4 Apple reveals: VR headset with ‘realityOS’ in the making
- 5 iPhone 13 vs Samsung Galaxy S22: who will win the battle for the throne?
- 6 Looking for more iPhone news?
Your iPhone will get these new features soon
Apple released the second beta of iOS 15.4 last week. This test version is not yet available to the general public, but we do know which new features are coming to the iPhone soon.
The biggest addition in the new iOS 15.4 beta is Tap to Pay. This makes it possible to use your iPhone as an ATM (without the need for additional hardware). In the article below we list all the new functions.
These are the new features in the second beta of iOS 15.4
Apple to unveil new iPhone SE and iPad Air at event on March 8
According to the generally well-informed Bloomberg we will see new products from Apple very soon. The first Apple event of 2022 would take place on or about March 8. Due to the corona pandemic, it is again a virtual presentation.
In any case, Apple presents the iPhone SE (2022). The new budget model has been popping up in all kinds of rumors for years and has the same design as its predecessor, but with better hardware. Apple may also announce a new iPad Air.
Is the first Apple event of 2022 on March 8?
Review update: you shouldn’t want the iPhone X in 2022
The iPhone X appeared ten years after the first iPhone and was a revolutionary phone in 2017. In 2022, however, there is only one reason to buy the iPhone X,
You can read how that works in our review update. We have re-tested the iPhone of 2017 and indicate why it is better not to buy the device these days.
Read the iPhone X review update
Apple reveals: VR headset with ‘realityOS’ in the making
The new mixed reality headset that Apple is working on runs on ‘realityOS’. This is evidenced by multiple references in the source code, including that of the App Store.
The hints were discovered by Steve Troughton-Smith, a well-known app developer. He found out that other developers will soon be able to test their AR and VR apps to prepare for the arrival of Apple’s headset.
The Apple headset runs on realityOS
iPhone 13 vs Samsung Galaxy S22: who will win the battle for the throne?
Last week, Samsung announced the Galaxy S22 series, which consists of three devices. Because Apple and Samsung are absolute superpowers in the smartphone market, we have compared the devices.
The differences are (of course) mainly in software. If you already have several Apple devices at home, it is wise to buy an iPhone 13. That saves you a lot of hassle. If the opportunities are still open, a Samsung Galaxy S22 is definitely worth considering.
Read more in our iPhone 13 vs Samsung Galaxy S22 comparison
